Rail-anchor



H. G. GILLMOR.

RAIL ANCHOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1918.

1,358,727, Patented Nov. '16, 1920.,

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11v VENTOR I K )M 14 UNITED s'rA'rss HORATIO G. GILLMOR, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

RAIL-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 16, 1920.

Application filed May 2, 1918. Serial No. 232,075.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HORATIO G. GILLMOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Rail-Anchors, 01: which the tollo wing is a specification accompanied by draw ings.

This invention relates to devices for preventing longitudinal or creeping movement of rails commonly known as rail anchors, rail stays or anticreepers; and an object of the invention is to provide a device which will effectually grip and hold the rail, be simple in construction and be easily and quickly applied with the implement usually employed by track hands.

A further obj ect is to provide an improved rail anchor in which the surface of contact between the rail and the anchor is made large by gripping engagement with both the base and the head of the rall.

A further object is to provide for resilieney which shall take up and prevent looseness due to wear, differences in expansion of the metal of the anchor and of t ie rail or to other causes; and to provide a rail anchor which shall be free from liability to interference with its eiiicient action by the ballast.

Further objects are to provide a device which is reversible and may be applied with either side to the tie, thus facilitating application and avoiding the possibility of orrors in amalication; and to provide a rail anchor which, while having the necessary strength, will be light in weight, to secure the advantages of low cost to manu'hicture and reduced cost in transportat'on to the point of use.

The invention is illustrated in one embodiment in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of the rail anchor applied to a rail, with a portion of one tie in section.

Fig. 2 is a section through the rail and the device at the plane indicated by. X in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the device with the rail and a portion of the transverse element in section, illustrating the IBQthOCl of applying the device.

Fig. 4 is a view of the device applied to the rail, looking up from below the rail;

In the drawings similar letters apply tov like parts in the several views.

Referring to the drawings A represents a rail oi: the usual type having a head l3 and a base flange The rail rests upon a tie D and others similar, not shown. The rail anchor comprisesa transverse element E and a vertical element F. The member is provided at one end with a jaw t arpanged to grip one side oi": the base flange b and, at the other end, with portions H, arranged to engage the edge of the base flange C at the opposite side of the rail; and a portion I, arranged to engage and in terloclr with the member F. each end of. the member E there are tie engaging pore tions K, arranged to transmit to the tie the thrust of the member E. The transversely extending portion of the member E is, when this member is in its normal unstressed condition, cambered, curved or bent down wardly; so that, when the member E is in place before the member F is placed in ifinal position, the free end of the member E will stand away from the rail bottom as at L in Fig. 3. The member F is former at M with a portion arranged to engage the portion I of the member E; and has also, at N, a portion arranged to engage the upper and lower corners of the base flange (3. The member F has also two flanges O, the edges P of which engage the upper surfs. e of the base flange C. The upper end of the member F is formed with surfaces 131, to engage the lower corner of the rail head B when forcing the member F into position, and S, to engage the under surface of the rail head B and lock the parts in position.

To place the device, the member E is first placed with the jaw G in engagement with one side or" the base flange C and then driven transversely upon the rail untii the portions H at the other end of the member E are in position to be drawn upwardly into engagement with the edge of the rail base C. The downward inclination or cambering of the member E causes the end of the member C and the portions H, opposite the jaw G, to stand away from the bottom and edge of the rail base C. When the member E has been forced to this position it. is possible to insert the lower end of the member F between the portion 1 of the member E and the edge of the rail base C and to engage the portion L of the member F with the portionli of the member E. The member F will in this position have the edges P of the flange O in engagement with the upper corner of the rail base (3 and, 7

of the member E engaged by the member F and brings the surface R of the member F.

into contact with the lower corner of the rail head. To bring the part F to the final operative position, illustrated in F igs. 1, 2 and 4, the upper end ofthe member F is driven or-otherwise forced toward the web of the rail A. Angular movement of the member 1: is produced with the upper and lower corners of the rail base C forming a bearing upon, which the surface N of the member F moves, while the surface R of the upper end of the member F, engaging the rail head B, produces a cam action which forces the member F downwardly. As this movement is continued the surface Scomes into engagement with the under surface ofthe rail head J5 and the edges P of the flanges O of the member F are forced down upon the upper surface of the rail base C; and, at the same time the end of the member E opposite the jaw G is drawn up so that the portions H engage the edge of the rail base C and the bottom of the rail base C is engaged across the rail base by the upper surface of the member E. The member E is thus caused to grip firmly the opposite sides of the rail base 0 and to press upwardly with a pressure, 'which is distributed across the bottom of the rail with a pressure the amount of which is determined by the elastic strength of the material of which the member E is constructed. In the final position of the parts F1 and F, the member F is wedged in between the heat 13 and the base C of the rail A and the base 0 is gripped between the jaw G and the body of the member E, at one side of they rail and by the portions H at the other side of the rail, and the body ofthe member E" is gressed upwardly upon the rail bottom. Vhen theparts are in their final position the member E exerts a strong pull clownwardly upon the member F "and this pull tends to produce angular movement of the member F about the rail base C. The engagement of the surface S of the member F with the under side of the rail head however effectually locks the parts against any reverse movement and insures that there will be no accidental loosening.

It will be seen that the large area of contact. of the parts with the rail and their pressure upon the rail gives great holding of the rail upon the device without movement of the rail in relation to the device.

The direction in which the rail tends to creep is indicated by the arrow in Fig. 1 and is referred to as forward; and, if the initial grip of the parts should not be sufiicient to hold the rail, once the portions K of the member E have come into contact with the tie D, and some slight movement of the rail A in relation to the member E occurs, the upper end of the member F will be carried forward with the rail A and the member F will assume a slightly inclined position, shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. This movement will increase the wedging action of the member F between'the head B and base C and also increase the upward pres sure of the member E upon the rail bottom. The tendency to further creeping movement of the rail A is thus self checked.

It will beevident that the device may be applied to the rail with either set of tie abutments K adjacent the tie D and that it may therefore be applied with the vertical member F either inside or outside the rail. It will also be apparent that the device may be easily and quickly applied by unskilled men using only the implements ordinarily placed in the hands of track mechanics. It will be apparent also that by arranging the ties D so that the tie abutments K on opposite sides of the member E are adjacent the op posing faces of two ties, the device will be effective for preventing creeping in either direction.

While I have described my invention in one embodiment, it will be understood that changes in form, construction andarra'nge ment of parts might be made without departure from the spirit of the invention. Therefore, I do not wish to be understood as limiting the invention to the exact construction described except so far as so limited by the express language of the claims.

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent: 7 g

1. A part for rail anchors constructed to pivotally engage the rail base edge, inter lock with a rail base engaging element and arranged to be forced in between the head and base flange of a rail.

2. A part for anticreepers formed to engage one end of a transverse element the top and bottom of the railbase edge and to be forced in between the head and base flange of the rail.

3. A rail anchor, comprising an element embracing the rail base at one side of the rail and engaging the edge of the rail basQ at the other side of the rail, a part interlocking with said element and arranged to be forced in between the head and base flange of the rail and means for giving said anchor a fixed position in the roadbed in opposition to the tendency of the rail to creep.

4;. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, comprising an element embracing one side of the rail base and engaging the edge of the other side of the rail base a part engaging the rail base edge engaging end of said element and arranged to be forced in between the head and base flange of the rail to effect the gripping action and means operative upon the lower end of said part to give the device a fixed position in the roadbed.

5. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, comprising an element engaging one edge of the rail base and embracing the other side of the rail base, a member interlocking with the rail edge engaging end of said element, engaging the top and bottom of the rail base edge and arranged to be driven in between the head and base flange of the rail to effect the gripping ac tion and means for engaging a fixed portion of the roadbed.

'6. A rail anchor, comprising two rail gripping members, one of which comprises a transverse element arranged to engage a tie at opposite sides of the rail and the other of which is a part arranged to interlock with said transverse element and to engage the rail head and the rail base flange to draw and hold said element against the rail base.

7. An anticreeper, comprising two rail gripping elements, one of which is provided with means for engaging a fixed portion of the roadbed and with means for engaging opposite sides of the rail base and one of which comprises a part engaging the rail head and the top of the rail base and engaging said other element to draw and hold said element in engagement with the rail base.

8. A rail anchor, comprising a resilient member extending beneath the rail transversely thereof and having one end adapted to grip one side of the rail base, means engaging at the other side of the ,rail the head and top of the rail base and the other end of said member operative to raise said end, whereby said member is subjected to a bending strain and caused to exert upward pressure upon the rail base and means adapted to engage a stationary portion of the roadbed.

9. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, comprising a resilient element extending beneath the rail, one end of which engages one side of the rail base, a gripping member, which engages the head and base flange of the rail and said element,

rail to creep.

subjects said resilient element to a bending strain and causes said element to exert downward pressure upon said gripping member, and means adapted to engage a stationary portion of the roadbed.

10. A rail anchor, comprising a member which engages one side of the rail base and is provided with a resilient portion which extends transversely under the rail, a rail gripping part engaging the head and base of the rail at the other side of the rail operative to raise the end of said resilient portion, whereby said resilient portion is strained and caused to exert downward pull upon said gripping part, and means adapted to engage a stationary part of the roadbed.

11. A rail anchor comprising a resilient member extending beneath the rail transversely thereof and having one end adapted to grip one side of the rail base, a gripping member, engaging the head and base flange of the rail and the end of said resilient member at the other side of the rail, operative'to draw upwardly the end of said resilient member, whereby said resilient member is strained and caused to exert a downward pull upon said gripping part and an increased upward pressure upon the rail bottom, and means for giving one of said members a fixed position in the road bed in opposition to the tendency of the 12. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, comprising a rail gripping element embracing the railbase flange at one side of the rail and constructed with portions adapted to engage the rail base flange at the other side of the rail, said element being normally inclined downwardly away from the rail bottom, a pressure producing part constructed to engage said element the base flange and the railhead for drawing said 'flange engaging portions into engagement with the base flange, and means for giving the device a fixed position in the roadbed in opposition to the tendency of the rail to creep.

13. A rail anchor, comprising a rail base engaging part constructed to engage opposite sides of the rail base, a pressure pro ducing element so engaging and coacting with the rail head, base flange and rail base engaging part that transverse movement of said pressure producing element in relation to the rail will effect a cam action and gripping of the rail, and means for giving said anchor a fixed position in the roadbed.

14. A device for preventing the creeping of rails in either direction, comprising a rail base gripping member constructed with a plurality of flanges at opposite sides of said member adapted to engage opposing faces of two adjacent ties at opposite sides of the a fixed position in the roadbed.

rail and means for locking said gripping member in position upon the rail.

15. An anticreeper, comprising a resilient transverse element constructed with a jaw adapted to engage one edge of the rail base flange and provided with a seat beyond the rail base edge opposite said jaw, a vertical member engaging said seat and arranged tobe driven in between the head and the upper surface of the base of the rail and means for giving one of said parts a fixed position in the roadbed.

16. A rail anchor, comprising a resilient transverse element engaging. the rail base at one side of the rail, 2. vertical element interlocking with said transverse element at the other side of the rail and coacting with the rail head and base flange to strain saidresilient element and to'lock the elements in position and means adapted to engage a tie in opposition to the tendency of the rail to creep. 17. An anticreeper, comprising a transverse member having at one end thereof means for clamping one side of the rail base and at the other end thereof a seat-beyond the rail base edge, a vertical member which engages said'seat, the rail base and the ra1l head and subjects the transverse member to a bending strain, means for locking said vertical member in position and means for giving one of the parts a fixed position in the roadbed.

18. A rail anchor, comprising an element adapted to be forced in between the head and base of the rail for efiecting a gripping action and means for giving one of the parts 19. device for preventing of rail, comprising a part arranged to be i applied to the rail base transversely thereof and constructed with a tie abutting portion and a rail base engaging jaw at one end and, at the other end, with a. tie abutting portlon and a seat and an element engaging said' seat and therail base for effecting the grip- 7 in action.

20. A rail anchor, comprising a member provided with means for engaging a tie and the rail base at opposite sides of-the rail and means engaging one end of said member and the rail base for locking said member upon the rail base.

21. A device for preventing the creeping of rails, provided with means for giving it a fixed position in the roadbed, comprising coengaging members, one of which grips opposite sides of the rail base and one of which engages the rail base and the rail head, said members interlocking and exerting transverse and vertical gripping pressure uponthe rail. x

22. A rail anchor, comprising a transversely disposed part arranged tobe held in fixed position in the roadbed and provided -withmeans for engaging opposite edges of the rail base and a member interlocking with said part and arranged to be wedged in'between the head and base flange of the rail.

23. An anticreeper, provided with rail clamping means, comprising coengaging members, one of which istransversely disposed beneath the rail and provided with a plurality of tie engaging portions and they other of which is vertically dispose d and wedged in between the head and base flange of the rail. i

24. Arail anchor, comprising coengaging elements one of which is provided with rail head and base flange engaging portionsand one of which engages opposite sides of the rail baseand a tie, said members interlocking and exerting transverse and vertical gripping pressure upon the rail.

' rail anchor, comprising two rail engaging members, one of which comprises a transverse tie engaging element and the other of which is a part arranged to interlock with said transverse element, engage the rail head and the railbase flange and press said transverse element up against the rail base. r

26. Ananticreeper, comprising two rail engaging members, one oflwhich engages one edge of the rail base and the tie and extends transversely under the rail base, and one of which comprises a part engaging the rail head, the rail basefiange' and said other element and is arranged to press said element up. against therail base.

27. An anticreeper, comprising a rail base engaging element arranged to engage a tie the creeping and one edge and the bottom of a rail base fiangeand a pressure producing part so engaging and co-acting with the rail and said rail base engaging element that transverse movement of said pressure producing part in relation to the rail will effect a cam action of said pressure producing partupon the rail head, whereby said rail base engaging element is caused to press upwardly and said pressure producing part to press downwardly upon the rail base. 1

28..A rail anchor, comprising a rail base engaging element arranged to engage a tie and one edge and the bottom of a rail base flange and a pressure producing element so engaging and co-acting with the rail and producing part are caused to exert upon the rail base both transverse and vertical gripping pressure.

29. A rail anchor, comprising a transverse member having means for engaging one side of the rail base flange and provided with a seat beyond the other side of the rail base flange, a vertical element which interlocks with said transverse member, engaging said seat thereon and the rail head and subjects said transverse member to pressure upwardly against the rail bottom, means for locking said vertical member in position, and means for giving said transverse member a fixed position in the roadbed.

30. A device for preventing longitudinal movement of rails in either direction, comprising a transverse tie engaging element provided with means for giving said element a fixed position in the roadbed and a vertical member interlocking with and exerting vertical pressure upon said transverse element and provided with a cam surface adapted to engage the rail head when said vertical member is forced into position.

81. A. device for preventing longitudinal movement oi rails in either direction, comprising a transverse tie engaging element provided with means for giving said element at fixed position in the roadbed and a vertical member interlocking with and exerting transverse and vertical pressure upon said transverse element, said vertical member being provided at its upward extremity with a cam surface adapted to engage the rail head when said vertical member is being forced into. position.

32. Adevice for preventing the creeping of rails, provided with means for giving it a fixed position in the roadbed, comprising co-engaging members one of-which engages the rail base flange at one side and the other member at the other side of the rail and one of which engages both the rail base and the rail head, said members interlockingand exelrting vertical gripping pressure upon the ra1 33. A rail anchor comprising co-engaging members one of which engages the rail base flange at one side and the other member at the other side of the rail and one of which engages both the rail base and the rail head, said members interlocking and exerting transverse and vertical gripping pressure upon the rail, one of said members being provided with means for giving it a fixed position in the roadbed.

H. G. GILLMOB. 

